Working for a Living

Exhibiting at a comic-con, particularly in Artists Alley, can be fun and lucrative -- or it can leave you frustrated, exhausted, and broke.

  Writer Bill Messner-Loebs - who once worked on The Flash and Wonder Woman, reinvented Johnny Quest, and made a million dollars writing dialog for The Maxx - is now homeless and working at various...

Uh oh. "Do you have an original idea for a movie? And do you plan on attending Wizard World Comic Con Portland? This could be your day."

Let's investigate one of the most haunting quotes ever attributed to a cartoonist.

  Last month at New York Comic Con, I had the chance to interview Tim Clarke, a toy designer with more than 30 years of experience, some of which through Jim Henson Company and most...

Making a living as a cartoonist isn't easy, as longtime Beat readers well know. However, one excellent source of revenue for a while was The New Yorker's Cartoon Bank, which licensed cartoons for secondary use,...

By Andrea Ayres On the search for women colorists, letterers, inkers, writers or artists but aren’t sure where to look? Then the Visible Women hashtag is the place for you. The event is a project...

  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=466575847074221&set=a.118014141930395.1073741828.100011654289334&type=3&theater The above post by Rich Tommaso on FB has been lighting up creator chatrooms and my  inbox since it went up yesterday. Tommaso is a long time indie comics veteran, with such books as...

Just as a feel good end to the week, cartoonist John "Derf' Backderf posted on his FB some thoughts about how Trumpcare/ACHA, which the Senate is trying to pass, might affect cartoonists. A disproportionate...

Hannah Berry is a UK cartoonist whose 2010 gn Britten & Brülightly was a well-received mystery tale (and an Angoulême prize nominee when it came out) Her new book, Livestock, just out from Jonathan Cape,...

As we make our way through the current era of disruption, there's an ever greater need for clarity, verifiable information and real news. In that spirit, I'm presenting to you the 2016 Comic Creator Rate Survey. Developed...

Despite record rainfall (as much as four inches in some areas), mudslides, sinkholes and ferocious gusts of wind, the first ever Comic Creator Conference (C3) was held yesterday and, from where I sat, it...